See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it! Each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the etymology, word origin and definition. Every Word Tells a Story is a perfect book for young wordsmiths, encouraging kids and adults alike to have fun whilst learning about language.

＜＜シリーズ累計100万部突破!!＞＞1単語につき1イラスト! ページをめくるたびに重要単語が頭に飛び込んでくる‼本書は、「語源」を学び、超効率的に英単語を覚える本です。

Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.

Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.

「冷凍庫に入れる」はput　it　in　the　freezerなのに「電子レンジに入れる」だとput　it　in　my　microwave　ovenとなる。

私たちが日々実践している文字による言語活動は、長い時をへて形づくられてきたものだ。古代における漢字の受容から、往来物による学びの時代へ。近世の文字文化の多様な展開から、近代学校の成立へ。

In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy. This collection contains 11 of his most celebrated and memorable essays....

If you're looking to make a career move from programmer to AI specialist, this is the ideal place to start. Based on Laurence Moroney's extremely successful AI courses, this introductory book provides a hands-on, code-first approach to help you build confidence while you learn key topics.

The Analects are a collection of Confucius’s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one’s fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual’s supreme goal.

赤紫の海・極彩色の神殿の 真実の古代ギリシャへ!! 青い海、青い空、白亜の神殿、ロマンチックな神話といった、私たちが日ごろイメージする古代ギリシャとはちょっと違う、「古代ギリシャのリアル」がわかる一

紀元前から現代まで人々を苦しめてきた病「がん」。古代エジプトの医師は「治療法はない」と述べ、一九世紀の外科医は「あらゆる病の皇帝」と怖れた。

Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most iconic people in history, including Robert Browning, Kenneth Landfrey, Florence Nightingale, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, PT Barnum, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Edwin Booth, General Nelson Miles, William Jennings Bryan and Garret A. Hobart. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.

★★世界史の流れを3つの視点から読み解く★★

上田渉が著名人のルーツを探る、夢の対談企画!第7回は、姜尚中氏による「家族革命」です。


自分自身の中で革命を起こし、今でも自分自身に、そして、出会う人々に革命を起こし続けている著名人と、
『勉強革命』著者の上田渉とがざっくばらんに語りあいます。
第7回では、政治学者・姜尚中氏が登場!
姜氏が20歳で体験した“コペルニクス的転換”とは?

When Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she's never visited the property, Danielle's not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn't expect to find one of the house's previous owners still in residence. After all, the man has been dead for almost 90 years - shouldn't he have moved on by now? Charming Walt Marlow convinces Danielle the only way he can move on is if she solves the mystery of his death.

古代から中世へ，一大転換期を舞台にした思想劇－キリスト教の基礎を据え，正統と異端を産み落とした教義論争史にわけいる．

エドガー・アラン・ポーの短篇小説。舞台はノルウェーの海。神々しいまでの自然描写、手に汗握る歴史的名作です!巨大な渦潮(メールストロム)に呑み込まれた男はいったいどうなるのか。必死に生きようとする極限状態の人間心理や渦潮の様子が見事に描写されています。真っ黒の空、荒れ狂う波…。差し迫る恐怖に圧倒されます。凄まじき大自然の恐ろしさ、美しさをオーディオブックでご堪能ください!古典でありながら、今なお色褪せていません。(C)2008青空文庫

これは問答か、謗法(ルビ:ほうぼう)か。平安時代初期、天台宗の最澄と法相宗の徳一が交わした批判の応酬は、仏教史上まれにみる規模におよぶ。相容れない立場の二人が、五年間にわたる濃密な対話を続けたのは

While intensely attentive to its own tradition, Japanese literature has also embraced the outside world, particularly the influence of China. Beyond this, Japan boasts a powerful literary culture, made up of cultivated reading publics, both aristocratic and bourgeois, literary salons, specialized presses, authoritative judges of talent who cultivated and celebrated particular writers and styles, and a canon consisting of classics. This Very Short Introduction traces the rich history of Japanese literature from its beginnings over a millennium ago to the present day.

何もしなくても「手数料」を得られるシステムを構築した国家が覇権を握る。出アフリカから現代までの「プラットフォーム」経済全史。

初学者にとって偉大な案内役となる経済学入門。読者に力強く訴えかけて、ワクワクさせる本だ。この世界を理解するうえで、どのような貢献を経済学者がしてきたかが見事に説明されている。

カリスマ経営者、文豪、ロックスター、etc.…常識レベルから教養レベルまで、古今東西の需要人物365人について英語で知ることができる人名事典！

迫りくる脅威を直視せよ!■キューバ危機以来の人類滅亡の危機――全面核戦争の可能性■米中激突の主戦場となる東アジア。覇権争いの「焦点」は日本■アメリカが頼りにならない日がやってくる

宗教では聖人と呼ばれ崇められる人物がいる。キリスト教の信仰世界では、〈神と神の子イエス〉はその絶対性ゆえに一般の信者からは遠い存在であるため…

Million around the world suffer from insomnia and other sleep disorders every day. But there is a solution, and it’s called Deep Sleep Hypnosis! Hypnosis can help you get better rest, feel more relaxed, and even overcome anxiety or depression that might be keeping you up at night. Imagine how great it will feel to wake up feeling rested after a good night’s sleep without any fatigue throughout the day. After listening to the scripts inside for only a few nights, we guarantee that you'll wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on whatever challenges come your way!